Category: News

After a wild February, we are in the home stretch.

Please carefully read the invitations for the appropriate State Tournament.   Many of them have deadlines for legislation that are either past due, or rapidly approaching.  Also, if your team needs to appeal to register for the state tournament, that time is coming soon.

The National Forensic League Qualifier tournament is coming soon.  It is critical that you carefully read the invitation.  There are procedures that we have to follow, and deadlines that are different from any other tournament.  If you don’t follow them, your students might not get to compete for the right to go to the National Tournament.  The deadline to submit Congressional Debate Legislation is next week.

Once we are past the State Tournaments, it will be time to start thinking about next year.  We will need sanctioning forms for the 2012-2013 season to be turned in by April 1 so that we can craft a calendar at the last AIA meeting of the year.  More details to come.

After a great ASU tournament, it is time to gear up for the rest of the Spring semester.  All of our tournament invitations are available on www.joyoftournaments.com/az.

In addition, the Southwest Speech and Debate Institute will host a day of free workshops on February 11, at the ASU Barrett Honors College.  These workshops are intended for people attending the Harvard and Berkeley tournaments, as well as to prepare people for the State and NFL Qualifier later in the semester.  The invitation and the registration instructions are available on Joy of Tournaments.  Come one, come all.  This is a great opportunity to get prepared for the rest of the season, and you can’t beat the price.

What a semester so far! There are a few important things coming up. If you haven’t checked out the ASU Southwest Championship invitation, do so. They have a discount on school base fees if you get your payment (or purchase order) in by December first. In addition, the FLA Winter Trophy tournaments are coming up fast. Make sure you have paid your FLA dues. All tournament information can be found on the Joy of Tournaments site.

The Glendale Community College tournament registration is open and ready to go.  You can find it at: http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/gcc/info.asp.  Also, the first AIA State Speech and Debate Advisory Committee meeting of the year is on September 28th.  Send any potential agenda items to Kevin Berlat.  Don’t forget about the SWSDI Tournament this weekend.  If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so at: http://www.joyoftournaments.com/az/brophy/info.asp.  The season is here!

The first Invitations for the 2011/2012 year are posted.  The Coaches Convention and Practice Tournament will be held on September 17.  The Southwest Speech and Debate Institute Tournament will be held on September 23-24.  The Desert Sun Invitational at Desert Vista will be held on October 14-15.  Make sure to read the tournament invitations carefully.  The Desert Sun Invitational has changed to a Debate/Congress only tournament.

All of the invitations can be found on www.joyoftournaments.com/az.

Dear coaches:

It is that time again.  The website for the 2011 Forensic League of Arizona Coaches Convention is live.  The convention will be held on Saturday, September 17th at Horizon High School.  The website for the convention can be found at www.joyoftournaments.com/az/convention.  Register for the convention, check out the proposals we need to debate and discuss, and provide your directory information. 

In addition, we will hold a practice tournament for any students who want to get a few rounds of competition under their belt.  The tournament can be found at www.joyoftournaments.com/az/convention-cd.   

See you there!